LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Two people were arrested and police are still searching for a third person after a car was stolen near the 1800 block of Dalton Court on Wednesday morning. According to Lexington police, at 8 a.m. three people were seen walking away from a stolen car. One was arrested at the scene and two fled. The second…
Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Wednesday everyone, a beautiful and warm day is in store across central and eastern Kentucky! High temperatures hit the low 80s under a mostly sunny sky. Here are todays weather headlines: First order of business is the “dry” cold front moving in tonight. It is a dry cold front because it doesn’t…
MOREHEAD, Ky. (WTVQ) — A lawsuit has been filed against the Rowan County School Board, the superintendent, a principal and a teacher following allegations of sexual abuse against that teacher. The lawsuit, filed by a high school student under the name Jane Doe, alleges Jane Doe was sexually abused by former Rowan County Senior High School teacher Andrew Zaheri beginning…
HOUSTON, Texas (WTVQ) — A University of Kentucky cheerleader died in a motorcycle crash last Saturday in Houston. According to Houston police, Kaleb Cantrell was driving his motorcycle on the Southwest Freeway exit ramp around 5 a.m. Saturday, May 20 when he struck a guardrail and was ejected. Cantrell, 25, was a UK cheerleader and Academy of Gymnastics and Dance…
HENDERSON, Ky. (WTVQ) — An Ohio inmate who allegedly escaped from jail was arrested in Kentucky, Ohio State Highway Patrol said Wednesday. According to police, James Lee and Bradley Gillespie escaped from the Allen/Oakwood Correctional Institution on Tuesday. Lee was in jail for burglary, breaking and entering, safecracking and judicial sanction since 2021; Gillespie was in jail for murder since…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A man was taken to the hospital Tuesday night after being shot on Fortune Drive. Lexington police say the shooting happened just before 8:30 p.m. The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say the suspect fled the scene. Categories: Featured, Local News, News Tags: Fortune Drive, Hospital, injuries, Lexington, man, Police
It was another warm spring day across Central and Eastern Kentucky with mostly sunny skies and afternoon highs into the upper 70s and low 80s. You may have nice a bit more haze in the air plus some of the towering cumulus clouds developing during the warmth of the afternoon compared to Monday. As expected, a few isolated storms fired…
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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) — Two fundraisers have been created to help support the family of Deputy Caleb Conley, who was killed in the line of duty on Monday. The Scott County Sheriff’s Office says the best way to help Conley’s family is to go to any Whitaker Bank and drop off donations to The Deputy Caleb Conley Memorial Fund. The…
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Scott County deputy was killed and another man injured in two separate, but connected shootings that began Monday evening on I-75. ABC 36 now has a clear timeline of those shootings and what happened in the moments after. The first incident began on I-75 southbound at the 127 mile marker during a routine traffic stop….
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CORBIN, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Corbin man is $1 million richer after winning the lottery on a scratch-off ticket. Michael Schlemmer was in need of gas when he stopped at Convenient Food Mart on US Highway 25 West in Corbin and decided to buy a scratch-off ticket too. “I ran out of gas, and I coasted in there,” he told…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Blue Grass Airport will soon offer a non-stop flight from Lexington to Denver. On Sept. 29, service will begin on a 76-seat aircraft that includes a first-class cabin with 12 seats. Flights will be offered daily and are on sale now at www.united.com. The following is the schedule: Depart Lexington at 4:30 p.m. ET and arrive…
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Scott County deputy killed in the line of duty was honored Tuesday with a police procession from I-64 to Ware Funeral Home in Cynthiana. Hundreds of police vehicles and people lit up with red, white and blue lights lined the streets — driving Caleb Conley to his resting place. Conley was described as a “damn…
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) — The name of the suspect accused of killing a Scott County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been released. Steven Sheangshang allegedly shot and killed Deputy Caleb Conley on I-75 Monday around 5 p.m. during a routine traffic stop. Deputies told ABC 36 Sheangshang fled the scene after the shooting but was arrested a short time later. Sheangshang…
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) — Those with the Scott County Sheriff’s Office are grieving the loss of one of their own. One was described as a go-getter, the perfect fit for this job. But whose career and whose life were cut extremely short. 35-year-old Caleb Conley was shot during a traffic stop on I-75, at the 127 on Monday afternoon,…
It was a nice start to the week weather-wise across the commonwealth Monday with filtered sunshine, a pleasant northeast breeze and afternoon highs topping out into the upper 70s in most locations. After some soaking rains this past Saturday, our weather had dried out nicely and we should be set up for a tranquil stretch of weather in the coming…
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WTVQ) — Tyler Childers’ papaw bought him his first guitar when he was 5 years old. Papaw met his “buddy,” Clyde, in the Army and the two were stationed together before the Korean War. Every summer, the pair would “swap” homes — with papaw going to live with Clyde and Clyde coming to live with papaw. It…